"The greatness of Mr.Amitabh Bachchan is that you can describe your life span with Bachchan films. You have to see it from the point of view of a guy who has grown up wanting to be Amitabh Bachchan," Shah Rukh said on BIG CBS PRIME's "India's Prime Icon".

"There's your parents that teach you about life and your school that teaches you stuff, and then there's Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, who you just want to be. I'm not saying I wanted to be an actor like him or a star like him. I just wanted to be Mr. Amitabh Bachchan," he added.

Big B is one of the contenders on "India's Prime Icon".

For a long time there was a cold war between SRK and Amitabh Bachchan mainly because of KBC. SRK seemed to be very skeptical sharing the screen with Big B due to their apparent differences through KBC.

At one point of time, Big B and Shah Rukh clash was much hyped. The two stars had passed comments challenging each other's position in the stardom. It all started with comparing Big B with Shah Rukh, who played Amitabh's role in Don remake and was also appointed the host of TV game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' replacing Bachchan.

Shah Rukh had also said that Amitabh Bachchan's old and his age is over. "I am sexy, smart and young. He's old and his age is over. This age is mine." Shah Rukh's this statement was enough to provoke Amitabh Bachchan to get into the war.

"I'm old and he is young and I agree that he is smart and sexy. Let's see what happens to him after 35 years," is all Big B said in his reply.